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2.5 million Southern Californians expected to travel for Labor Day weekend

September 3, 2010 | 9:34
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Some 2.5 million Southern Californians will travel over Labor Day weekend, according to estimates from the Automobile Club of Southern California.

More than 90% of them will be driving to their destinations, the AAA said.

With that in mind, many police agencies will be running DUI checkpoints over the holiday weekend.

“Alcohol-related crashes in California have declined slightly in the last couple of years, but there were still nearly 21,000 fatal and injury crashes involving alcohol in 2008 -- more than 57 each day,” Alice Bisno, a spokeswoman for the Auto Club, said in a statement.

“Don’t drink and drive. Also, watch out for impaired drivers, avoid them if possible, and call 911 to report them if is safe for you to do so.”